June 28, 2022 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 27, 2022) Norfolk Southern Railway today announced the official launch of TOP|SPG, the Class I’s latest operating plan designed to improve service, enhance productivity and create a platform for growth. The plan builds on...
June 24, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 24, 2022) FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway will limit carload traffic bound for California through the end of July as it struggles to overcome congestion related to crew shortages and bad weather along portions of its Southern Transcon....
June 24, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, June 22, 2022.) BLET Editor’s Note: This is the 17th consecutive week that total traffic has declined. Total traffic gains were last seen in Week 7, which ended Feb. 17, 2022. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association...
June 24, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, June 23, 2022) NEW YORK — U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 18, 2022 (Week 24) was 501,207 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.5% compared with the same week last year. Total carloads were 232,921, up 0.4%, while U.S. intermodal volume...
June 23, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Patch.com, June 22, 2022) BEAUMONT, Calif. — The Pass Area’s congressional representative is requesting an immediate response from the CEO of Union Pacific Railroad about the June 15 train incident in Beaumont that turned the city into a giant parking...
June 22, 2022 | Headlines, PSR
(Source: Trains Magazine analysis by Bill Stephens, June 21, 2022) The U.S. Class I railroads’ recurring crew shortages, related bouts of service problems, and a lack of meaningful volume growth are intertwined. You can lay the blame for all three problems at just one...
June 22, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: The Oklahoman, June 21, 2022) The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Oklahoma’s effort to revive a state law setting strict time limits on trains blocking city streets. Without comment, the court declined to review a federal appeals court ruling in...
June 22, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Minot Daily News, June 22, 2022) For most of 2022 a freight rail backlog has left farmers and ranchers holding the bag, unable to bring their products to markets. With the supply chain stalled, producers are forced to pay holding fees the longer their...
June 20, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 17, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board on Friday ordered Union Pacific to live up to service commitments it has made to deliver corn to a large California poultry and feed producer. The emergency service order,...
June 20, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Grand Forks Herald, Jan. 17, 2022) GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota’s senior senator is concerned about the backlog of rail cars in North Dakota and has called on Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s chief executive officer to continue working on the...
